Political Prostitutes

Trump, and a pair of prostitutes.

Ryan Sabotage?

Speaker Ryan is sickened by comments by Donald Trump over a decade ago.

Well, I am sickened by the damage that has been done to our nation by the progressive elites in both parties.

Ryan and Clinton share and advocate for open borders, which could be the most destructive action in the attempt to weaken America sovereignty among a global governance.

Also of note is the absence of commentary from Ryan regarding all the horrendous treatment of women by the Clinton's over the years.  Sabotage

Clinton and Ryan are part of the political establishment seizing freedom and liberty from the citizens of this nation.



Did Paul Ryan Know about Hillary’s Trump Hit Piece Video Before It Was Released?

On The Stump, The Media Trumped

GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump released a statement just at a campaign event Monday evening which has caused the mainstream media to lose their ever loving mind. Please see the following statement Trump read at the campaign event.

The media could not help themselves; after all, it afforded the opportunity to step the nation away from focusing on the stunning, abysmal failure on terrorism of the Obama administration.

It also gave the establishment GOP ruling class a highly sought after opportunity to body slam Trump, who with his substantial poll numbers strikes them with more fear than the ISIS terrorists the have miserably failed to contain.

As usual, Trump crashes on the scene like an out of control garbage truck firing out rhetoric that seemingly is outlandish and extreme.  At least that is how it is reported in the media.  Every Tom, Dick and Harry is aghast at Trump's statement, with GOP members joining in with the media in lambasting Trump for having the gall to insult our friends in the Muslim community and our allies that are Muslim nations overseas.

Among the overcrowded list include GOP Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R:SC), and even Carly Fiorina, sadly.  As Bill Bonner reported, Jeb Bush says he’s “unhinged”…Chris Christie says he has “no idea what [he’s] talking about”…John Kasich accuses him of “outrageous divisiveness”…and Marco Rubio describes him as “offensive and outlandish.” And those are just his fellow Republicans! “Reprehensible… prejudiced…” adds Hillary Clinton.

Not all are against Trump on this issue.  Rush Limbaugh does not find it unreasonable. Rand Paul, a fierce critic of Trump on the campaign stump, has previously proposed a plan which was aimed at banning immigration from countries in the Middle East where radical Islam is a big problem. Additionally, Sarah Palin had previously called for profiling of Muslims. Sounds reasonable to me.

While Trump did not do a good job in articulating his objectives, and was actually vague in outlining his potential actions, the premise of his remarks, which we consider to be "calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on" quite reasonable given some simple, "common sense" criteria in application.

It is not unprecedented in this nation. Under number eight of US Code 1182, inadmissible aliens, a law written in 1952 called the Nationality Act, "Suspension of entry or imposition of restrictions by president.  Whenever the president finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, the president may, by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or non-immigrants or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate."

In fact, President Jimmy Carter utilized it to keep Iranians (Obama's good friends) out of our nation during the hostage crisis. Carter, who for those out to lunch, was and still is a staunch Democrat (and a horrible president), actually ordered the deportation of a large number of Iranians.

It is not Donald Trump that is extreme and seeking to derail long standing principles of this nation; that would be transformer in chief Barack Obama. Obama has opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants with Muslim backgrounds.

It would certainly appear that Trump is channeling his inner "Art of the Deal" negotiation strategy, invoking the Overton Window theory regarding immigration in this country.

All illegal immigration needs to be immediately stopped, with the borders (north and south) being sealed. Although the president told us otherwise (liar in chief), US officials admit ISIS is planting operatives among the tens of thousand women, children and orphans invading our nation on a daily basis, which without question, poses significant national security issues.

The legal process of immigration, a process that is heartily welcomed and needed for the survival of our nation, must be promptly streamlined and redesigned to meet the myriad of new challenges the act presents. While there are significant measures to be enacted, and far reaching legalities to be considered, it is not a process that could not be tackled appropriately within 60 days.

Those who are already here who commit a felony crime will be immediately deported if found guilty be our legal process.  A plan for those who entered illegally must be drawn up, which include penalties.  We have laws, and those whose first act in stepping foot in our nation is to break the law must be assessed punitive penalties.

Many have cited Constitutional issues with Trump's outline for a plan. Call me crazy, but illegal immigrants are not protect by the US Constitution, as they have no legal rights. As of now, and not for the lack of effort by Obama, we are not an open society where all the world is entitled to the benefits of being an American citizen.

Many are very concerned about Trump supposedly insulting the Muslim community.  I am far more offended about Obama insulting us, lecturing us repeatedly about how wonderful Islam and the people of that religion are.

Trump is playing everyone.  But he is correct.  We are at war, and it is beyond nonsensical to allow our nation to be invaded by illegal immigrants from nations that wish us harm, many who belong to a religion that deems us infidels and ultimately seek the establishment of a caliphate to ultimately rule the word.  Their words, and the teachings of the Quran, say it is so.

Don't let the lamestream media trump you. Yes, shut the borders down immediately, and allow no more illegal immigration.

Appalling and Dishonorable

Texas Congressman Louis Gohmert told One America News that some very familiar names pressured members of the House Freedom Caucus to rethink who they would endorse for Speaker.

“Promises were made and as I understand it, our friend Senator Jim DeMint, now head of the Heritage Foundation was making calls persuading…really shocked me. I don’t guess I was so surprised that Newt Gingrich was making calls behind the scenes to Freedom Caucus members to tell them, ‘you gotta cave and go with Paul,’” Gohmert said.



Backdoor promises that are made, crossing the aisle to collaborate with those who plot the demise of our nation as founded and the elitism of the ruling class to govern above the head of the people they are elected to represent is appalling and dishonorable.

Shame on former Sen. DeMint of the Heritage Foundation for this betrayal of our founding principles as Ryan pledges to govern outside of the people, unwilling to have his authority challenged.

We continue to support Rep. Dan Webster (R:FL) for Speaker, and extend our greatest appreciation to Rep. Gohmert for keeping up the fight for freedom!

Time To Take Your Government Back

It has been an interesting day in the political arena, which over the last decade and a half has seemingly completed a slow creep encroachment into our daily lives.

Two examples are presented for your review.

Just today, Rep. Paul Ryan, R:WI, announced he will step in and make a run at Speaker of the House, but demanded that certain conditions be met. The Blaze reports "Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) told his GOP colleagues Tuesday night that he would seek the speakership if every Republican caucus endorsed him for the job."

The establishment is falling in line, as Rep.Jason Chaffetz @jasoninthehouse (R:UT) tweeted “I am out and supporting @RepPaulRyan for Speaker. Right person at the right time.”

No, that would be Daniel Webster, R:FL, and man of principle.

Although not even on the job yet, Ryan is demanding conditions our representatives must meet.  Screw Ryan!  He failed miserably to meet the one and only condition he was tasked with when the voters placed the GOP in control of the House:  Stop Obama!

Among the items Ryan failed to stop Obama on was illegal immigration.  But, as Conservative Review’s Daniel Horowitz recently wrote, “There is nobody around in the party who is more fanatically dedicated to the cause of open borders than Paul Ryan.” In fact, the left favors his candidacy.

Ryan, who supported the Trade Promotion Authority voted to continue funding Planned Parenthood (are you kidding me?), is a ruling class progressive who would continue governments encroachment over the citizenry.

Also today, as report by The Daily Signal, "the Senate Democrats blocked legislation that would punish “sanctuary cities” in a 54-45 vote Monday afternoon. The bill, called the Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act, needed to overcome a 60-vote threshold. It would withhold certain federal funding from states or cities that refuse to comply with requests from federal immigration officials to turn over immigrants who are in the country illegally".  See how your Senator voted.

As Patrick J. Buchanan warned, "a country that cannot control its borders is no longer a country."

Illegal immigrants can continue to be harbored by cities promoting open borders, even if our citizens are getting killed. Bill O'Reilly is torqued, and so am I.


Enough.  It is time to take your government back from the ruling class elitists who think they can control your lives and make better decisions for how you should conduct your life than you can.

Cliff Diving Propaganda

While the ball was dropping on Times Square New Years Eve, negotiations were well underway by our elected representatives to produce legislation to prohibit our nation from going over the "fiscal cliff".

Finally, at the very last moment, a deal was struck and the mainstream media outlets were quick to applaud the success and praise the leadership of President Obama, who interrupted his vacation to spearhead the effort.  At the corner of Wall and Broad, when the capital markets opened, the bulls were running with high end investors drunk with easy money swallowing manipulated government data, such as the unemployment rate, inflation levels and the consumer price index (CPI).

With the media gushing over the newly crafted legislation which "saved" America from the fiscal cliff, the level of propaganda distorting the truth and creating a false reality engulfing the non critical thinking low information voters would leave Edward Bernays orgasmic.

We drove off the cliff sometime ago, and the pomp and circumstance associated with crafting legislation in DC is propaganda designed to praise false successes while concealing the economic realities most cannot comprehend.

While the progressives rejoice the deal as victory, it is actually a significant defeat for not only the GOP, but American prosperity.  The deal consisted of more spending and higher levels of taxation for certain income levels while conspicuously stimulating others.  This would sadly include NASCAR, a sport I strongly support and enjoy and an corporation I am a shareholder of (ISCA:NASDAQ). 

This deal increases the deficit exponentially.  While Obama pontificates about a "balanced" approach to curbing the debt, the deal was approximately 41/1 spending to cuts.  Since we have a spending problem and not a revenue problem, contrary to the propaganda, the deal fails to address the looming catastrophe voters, and obviously many in DC, fail to recognize. Or do they?

As pathetic as it is, the government has aggravated the problem by increasing spending.  Fixing the debt will come later they proclaim, but kicking the can down the road has significant costs.

In addition, as we assist in crumbling ourselves from within, our enemies foreign, and domestic, are planning and positioning to accelerate our demise.

Sadly, Paul Ryan (R:WI) voted yes, and saying he supported it to “get this issue behind us, … prevent this massive tax increase and … focus on spending now". This is most concerning.  Ryan of all people should have a deep understanding who our opponent is.  Recall Obama, in response to Ryan releasing a plan, invited Ryan to a speech only to scold and ridicule him Saul Alinsky style.

I recognize many in GOP are progressives, and are addicted to the spending as long as they get theirs, but I am stunned so many, most notably Ryan, found Obama had characteristics as an honest broker.  Obama is a charlatan, an ideologue who governs outside of the reasonable rhetoric of his public persona and has already threatened to stranglehold the GOP with blame through media enhanced propaganda.

Now, after additional predicted failures, Speaker Boehner says he is "done negotiating with Obama".  Really?  Negotiations with parties that are dishonest are doomed to failure, and those "working" with Obama have been exposed as fools. Many claiming to oppose Obama, in the end, are progressives and that is why so few are willing to really step up the fight.

Even after all his failed leadership, Boehner was re-elected Speaker with little opposition.  Boehner, no friend of the Tea Party, should have been vigorously challenged.  Until the GOP stands up to fight, Obama will continue to destroy this nation through his implementation of social justice running roughshod over his political opponents who he carries significant disdain for.

Uncle Sam is broke, and cannot pay his debts.  The country is, and has been, in recession, although the government propaganda informs us otherwise. The economy is about to really bog down and not withstanding governmental intervention, economic realities are continuing to flood the marketplace. 

Reasonable efforts to kick start and grow the economy have not been presented, and the reasons are clear for those willing to look. The Obama administration is actively seeking the collapse of the economy, as we have pointed out repeatedly, noting the Cloward and Piven theory.  They abhor the current system, and aim to remold a new system structure after the collapse.  The new system presents significant limits on freedom and liberty, confining economic prowess and thus handicapping those aiming to better their lives through financial growth and independence.

The American public is being lied to in significant and alarming fashion, and without an increased level of involvement by the electorate, dishonest and evil people are stealing your money and freedom.

Make every effort to separate yourself from the propaganda you are hit with on a daily basis.  Find and utilize alternative sources for information, and do your own homework.  Increasing governmental power over the people, from entitlements to government run health care, reduces freedom and enhances dependency.

Founding principles must be adhered to, as free market capitalism remains the best path to prosperity.  Saving our freedom will depend on your participation, sooner or later.

Post Race Analysis

Absolutely stunning.

President Obama

Boy howdy, did I have it wrong.

I am in good company, joining Ann Coulter, Charles Krauthammer, Glenn Beck, Larry Kudlow, Michael Barone, Karl Rove and Dick Morris. Among those who had it nailed was Larry Sabato.

What area of my analysis was so flawed that led me draw conclusions that were so in error?  Well, as incorrect as I was, arm-chair quarterbacking seems useless.  However, the area I have zeroed in on leads to a larger point.

I agreed wholeheartedly with the post race analysis of David Barton, who centered in on decades of education that failed to accurately present the fundamentals of being knowledgeable and participatory in the pursuit of economic freedom, complete with lacking moral perspective.

Individuals in the age range of say 20-34 grew up within the technological age, with exponential increases in product advancements.  For many, hard work and ethics were not necessary to acquire many materialistic items, and the basis and desire for the pursuit is lacking.

Furthermore, Obama and Biden and their surrogates operated in a most immoral fashion throughout the campaign, lying and ridiculing opponents allowing them to win at any costs necessary.  If I acted like that at my job, I would be fired as we are asked to operate in maximum efficiency adhering to rules of common decency and decorum.

Obama lies in speeches, sounding quite good to the American Idol crowd, but actually does not pursue any of the common sense seemingly obvious courses of action he mentions.  Reducing the debt, which exploded under his watch, and increasing energy, which his instruction has handicapped, are two examples from his victory speech last night.

The Republican Party needs to do a much better job of dismantling the falsehoods they are painted with, and doing a better job a presenting the case of establishing economic freedom, something the public education system has failed miserably to do.

Mitt Romney would have been a terrific representative as President of the United States, and unlike 51% of my fellow citizens, I was pained to learn he would not have that chance. Romney, and Paul Ryan, are fine men.

I fear for the future.  President Obama will continue to spend, increasing taxation and regulation along the way. His warm smile fronts a jaded mask, and a man who is not at peace and will aim to demonize those who dare to oppose him in his wealth transformative efforts.

For those who did not learn it in school, we remember Lady Thatcher, who quipped "Socialism is great until you run out of everyone elses money." 

I have a news flash for you; we are out of money.

Believe in America

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The evidence is in and the case for the defeat of President Barack Obama has thoroughly been made.

 

During the campaign, one candidate has stood out as Presidential, aiming to restore America to our promise in an all inclusive manner, not dividing, bur respectfully bringing together our citizenry, and that is candidate is Mitt Romney.

 

President Obama said in a campaign stop last week that you should vote for revenge.  Revenge?  Thinking along those lines against our fellow citizens is in strong contrast to the very fabric of our nation.

 

Abraham Lincoln is quoted as saying "With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds."  Obama is no Lincoln.

Under President Obama, government has smothered the entrepreneurial spirit and handicapped the hopes and dreams of the individual, promoting a culture of dependency which robs America of her true identity.

Ronald Reagan said "Government growing beyond our consent had become a lumbering giant, slamming shut the gates of opportunity, threatening to crush the very roots of our freedom." 

As William Jennings Bryan said, "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice.” 

On Tuesday, I will be choosing free market capitalism and the power of the individual versus expansive government limiting freedom and opportunity for all. 

Grab your neighbors and join us in supporting Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan to restore America to greatness.

It is time for America to stand up and choose freedom tomorrow, not oppression.  Not for revenge, but for love of country!

God Bless America!

Knowing Kennedy

As anticipated, the Vice Presidential debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan was sure interesting. What most took away from it was the Paul Ryan seemed logical and measured while Joe Biden came across practically unhinged, with excessive laughter and smirking, a condescending demeanor and incessant interrupting.

Certainly, the behavior Biden exhibited was not becoming someone who holds such a high position in our government; our citizenry should demand more. Media across the spectrum have weighed in unfavorably for Biden, from his lack of truthfulness in Investors Business Daily to his rude behavior on NBC's Saturday Night Live.

The RNC wasted no time in releasing a hard hitting video ad:





Even though there have been some great lines over the years, Vice Presidential debates typically do not move the needle very much in terms of the outcome of the general election.

Say it ain't so Joe! Certainly, fresh in our minds was the strong performance of Sarah Palin in 2008, and who can forget Lloyd Bentsen catching Dan Quayle in stage fright after his ill advised quote in comparison of John F. "Jack" Kennedy.

In the recent VP debate, Biden seem poised to grab a "Lloyd Bentsen moment", as Glenn Beck posted, but failed in his effort in trying to tag Ryan as attempting to cast himself as comparable to former President Kennedy.

No such luck for cranky Uncle Joe.  As it turns out, Biden was wrong, again, and Ryan was correct.  While JFK seems off limits for debate comparison for some reason, I would like to indulge Biden and have a conversation about the beloved former President.  Who, if anyone, and whose policies are similar to the arena of ideas and philosophies Kennedy advocated?

It is not Obama and Biden, as we noted it would not be back in 2008.

I understand how so many in my parents generation, my parents included, held great admiration for President Kennedy, similar in many ways how a greater majority of my generation, inclusive of myself, hold President Reagan in such high regard.

Certainly, in the era of televisions becoming widespread, there was the whole Camelot phenomenon that enhanced the romance of the young President and his beautiful family.  Unfortunately, on a dreadful day in Dallas in November of 1963, the dream was over and the innocence of the country was lost. In seconds.

One would have to imagine that their infatuation and support of President Kennedy was largely due to agreeing with a large degree of the policies President Kennedy advocated. We can begin with perhaps the most famous quote from JFK, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country", which cannot be regarded as a ringing endorsement of expansive government entitlements.

Under the Obama administration, excessive regulation and taxation, increasing stimulus and expansive entitlements have been stunning in their advance, in no way resembling the positions JFK took with regard to this type of governance.

President Kennedy fought for tax cuts, noting they are an integral part of creating a growing and thriving economy.  While JFK thought, correctly, that free market capitalism requires a base of regulatory foundation, economies function best when those are not variable and are held to a minimum. 

In addition, and perhaps most importantly, Kennedy wanted to help create an environment where the citizens of America can pursue happiness, where hard work is rewarded with market driven pay scales allowing workers opportunities for advancement; morally, financially and ethically.  Kennedy was not a supporter of an expansion of entitlements, which creates a culture of dependency which restricts the freedom and incentive of the individual, robbing them of their identity.

Some say Ronald Reagan would be unable to be elected in the GOP of today.  Hogwash!  Reagan would be leading the opposition against the Progressives; in both parties.  In fact, the man who would not be elected in his own party, is John F. Kennedy.

In response to the disagreement over the truth in the debate, Western Free Press grabbed some old video and presented the answers.  Take a thorough listen:




Sadly, when reviewing many of the Democrats in support of Obama and his platform, it would be news to them that their beloved JFK would an opponent. I encourage those Camelot Democrats to expand their knowledge in getting to know Kennedy beyond the images associated with Camelot.  In his own words.

Don't tell Uncle Joe, but maybe Paul Ryan is the man who can carry the JFK torch? Just sayin.

No Rattling Ryan

Tonight, we have the VP debate in Kentucky between Vice President Joe Biden and GOP VP candidate Paul Ryan, (R:WI). It should be interesting.

Vice President Joe Biden has been a savvy politician for over 40 years, providing gaffe after gaffe along the way. Biden claims to be the best friend of blue collar workers having grown up in Scranton, PA, but in actual fact he has never held a private sector position and has no clue about the hard work those blue collar workers engage in.

Even so, Biden will seem like you favorite Uncle, all the while hitting you with little digs. Although many fear he can come away with a victory tonight, and boy howdy does the Obama campaign need one after the absolute debacle of the last debate when Romney exposed Obama for the lacking empty suit he is, it won't happen.

Sarah Palin, labeled the biggest idiot on the planet by the left, got the better of Biden in '08, and now comes Paul Ryan, who has the entire budget committed to memory. Beyond that, Ryan, one of our favorite people, has complete command of conservatism, and free market capitalism.

Contrary to Biden, Ryan knows what creates prosperity, and that is not government. Promoting these idea and explaining the concepts to the American people will no doubt win the day, and Ryan can do this better than just about anyone.

Among many most troubling concerns of the American people, the election seems to be about free stuff versus free markets. Ryan can hit Biden hard on the concept of opportunity costs and explain to Biden, and America, there is no free lunch.

As long as Ryan comes off knowledgeable and in control, even if Biden attacks, Ryan will appear to the voting public as the man they would hire to return America to prosperity. There is no rattling Ryan, the man carrying the truth.

For Biden, I think he will employ the same tactic he implemented against Palin, where he does not win but shelters himself from doing any damage. Ryan will hammer the abysmal record of Obama, and Biden, and that topic hits right between the chicken and corn on the kitchen table across the fruited plain.

In these depressing economic times, we can only hope for a few laughs from Biden, before we add him to the unemployment line on November 6.

Are You Justified?

A recent editorial in The New York Times was quite an eye opener.

The piece, by Steve Rattner, titled Beyond Obamacare, began with the following sentence: WE need death panels.

Are these the death panels Sarah Palin warned us about?  Not necessarily according to Rattner, but as he puts it, "unless we start allocating health care resources more prudently", the costs of Medicare will explode.

Instead of praising Palin for getting it right, which she routinely does, Rattner places blame on her for ranting about death panels which forced their elimination from the bill of a provision to offer end-of-life consultations.

If it were not for Palin, the issue of death panels would have been buried in the 2700 pages elected officials failed to read, otherwise known as The Affordable Heatlh Care Act, or, Obamacare.  Remember, the bill we have to pass to find out what is in it.

Rattner takes the obligatory swipe at Rep. Paul Ryan, (R:WI), who put forth his plan to save Medicare as part of the Ryan Roadmap for American, and praises Obama' efforts in curtailing costs when in actuality, every cost component associated with Obamacare has risen.

As economist and columnist Thomas Sowell of The Hoover Institute, and American jewell, so eloquently put it, “It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer universal health care.”.

Doing an end run around the truth misrepresenting the thought process for seniors as the end of life approaches is immoral and plain evil.  Obamacare does in fact call for a panel of unelected technocrats placed in position to ration health care services to seniors base on a set of criteria "to be determined by the Secretary". 

Will the Obamacare death panels take a similar position to famed playwright and Fabian Socialist George Bernard Shaw where seniors will be required to justify themselves?



Will those who cannot make a compelling case for themselves be denied adequate health care options as their life comes to an end?  Is this part of an effort to decrease population as a vehicle of social and economic justice.  Who will hold the unelected technocrats accountable? Typically, governments exercising these levels of control over the citizenry without accountability have abused power and have unleashed tyranny upon them.

The entire health care system is broke because of governmental interference in free markets.  Certainly, the principles our country was founded upon ask our citizenry to care for those who cannot care for themselves. Many avenues, from private donations to charities to churches, lead the way in this effort.

Individuals should create estate plans, complete with funding, to dictate how they should live their final years, with participation if desired from their family members. Unless the individual seeks governmental assistance, the government should not be involved in determining these end of life decisions.

The public sector can play a role of partnership in many areas of caring for the poor, but when the government seizes control and builds upon expanding entitlements in an effort create a culture of dependency, the residual is alarmingly negative.  Most importantly off the top, the individual is robbed of their identity.  In addition, unless population decreases (perhaps a goal of the progressives), taxes must be raised to accomodate increases in costs, unless of course care is rationed and death panels are insituted.  Raising taxes decreases economic growth and limits excess captial, which would usually leave government with less, as the Laffer Curve demonstrates.

Obama and his team have admitted Obamacare is a step toward a single payer plan. Ronald Reagan warned us that governmental health care was a vehicle to socialism, and he was right.  A glimpse of what happens when governments cannot deliver promised entitlements can be seen live now in Europe.

The way for America to avoid becoming a broken society like we see in Europe is to decrease entitlements and the creation of dependencey of its citizens by employing free market princples, where work is rewarded with fair wages with expanding opportunites for advancement, helping the citzenry regain their independence and identity.

Free market capitalism remains the best path to prosperity.  In an effort return America to prosperity, the first step would be to elect Mitt Romney as our next President, and begin the repeal of Obamacare and the death panels associated with it.

No individaul justification needed.

Love of the American Dream

This has been a very busy week. Not only are we scrambling around to preserve our standard of living under assault from the Obama administration (yes, we did build it), but along with the excitement of the start of NCAA College Football, the wrap up of the NFL preseason and dodging the latest hurricane, we have the Republican National Convention.

The Grand Old Party event has been interesting for sure. While there have been your usual snoozers, with John McCain and Mitch McConnell peeling paint, there have been some inspirational speeches praising the American dream; the privilege to participate in the great American experiment and chase your dreams.

We got some of what we expected, inclusive of learning (who did not know) that Ann and Mitt Romney are not oblivious to the struggles many Americans face each and every day. Chris Chirstie went large and hammered Obama on the issue of leadership and the failures of big government progressivism.

Comments by Artur Davis, Rand Paul, Condoleezza Rice, Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuño, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and Ohio Gov. John Kasich highlighted that we can adhere to principles and change our path to prosperity. Paul Ryan hit for the cycle in a tremendous speech.

One thing is clear; the GOP bench is very deep.

Perhaps the speech that resonated with me the most came from Mia Love, Mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, a candidate for Congress. She gets it totally, and does not buy the new normal narrative consisting of the central planning of our lives through regulation and entitlements.

Her story is one everyone should hear about, and in eloquent fashion, she gave it to you at the RNC in Tampa town; a mighty fine place to be by the way. If you missed her; please take a listen.



Mia Love is someone who subscribes to the principles of our founding fathers and shares my vision of America and I would thrilled to cast a vote for her. She surely has quite a future. Come on Utah, join Conservatives across America and show your Love4Utah!

Ryan the Right Choice

Four years ago, when John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his running mate, I could hardly curb my enthusiasm.  When the announcement came early Saturday morning that Mitt Romney had chosen Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, I was equally pumped.

For us conservatives, Romney usually is quite efficient at delivering good speeches, but his commitment to the principles we subscribe to require us to extend a leap of faith.  By bringing in Ryan, who has long championed conservative principles, this seemed to be a move to offer a sense of security to his potential administration.

More importantly, as we have written on many occasion, Ryan is the smartest guy in the room when it comes to understanding the most important issue of the day; the financial crisis our country is in.  While others sit around running the mouth, Ryan put forth a bold plan to put America back on a path to prosperity.

Ryan and his plan has many critics, as sound thinkers join the progressive big government advocates as opponents, but the Ryan roadmap provides a basis for action to upset the current path progressives of both parties have put us on. While critics hammer Ryan, I applaud his bold leadership.

Ryan, a protege of the great Jack Kemp, has a double major in Economics and Political Science from Miami of Ohio and follows the economic theories advanced by the great Milton Friedman.  Ryan spoke with the MacIver Institute recently on the 100th birthday of Friedman regarding the dismal economic status of America under President Obama. Take a listen:


This morning, at a campaign event at The NASCAR Institute in Mooresville, NC, NASCAR legend Darrell Waltrip provided the opening greeting for a Romney-Ryan rally, which had the men flanked by a pair of Sprint Cup stock cars. Since the addition of Ryan to the ticket, I have noticed the rhetoric of Romney has sharpened. Once you dodge the non-sensible Democratic attacks, such as portraying Mitt Romney as a felon, the framing of the debate is simplistic. As Ryan and Romney spell out, the choice is quite clear.  Here is the deal:



Of course the Democrats would be out attacking whoever was chosen with lies and innuendo, but the choice of Ryan gives the Romney campaign street credibility that it is most serious about attacking the critical issue of our time, the financial disaster we find ourselves in due to very poor economic decision making by both parties; parties that lost sight of the principles of governance our nation was founded upon.

The Obama campaign will label Ryan, and thus Romney, as radicals who will end Medicare as we know it and punish the middle class.  For anyone with a lick of common sense, it is obvious this is far from the case.  Meanwhile, the push by the Obama administration to encourage welfare is immoral and seeks to rob citizens of their identity, crashing of the system to ensure those in need turn to government for assistance, losing control of their lives due to their dependencies.

Our growing entitlements are sinking our economy and are quite simply unsustainable.  Medicare as we know it should end, replaced with a program that can support itself, most likely through privatization, with the changes not forced upon anyone currently 55 or over.

Common sense applications to fiscal problems that threaten our national and economic security, utilizing free markets and free enterprise to encourage and support entrepreneurship and risk taking is representative of the vision of Romney and Ryan; helping to bring the promise of the great experiment of America back from near ruin.

I am all for it!

Walk Over in Wisconsin



Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker

The thunderclap heard hither and yon last night was the recall victory by Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker, and his lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, in what was was described by DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Shcultz as a prelude to the 2012 presidential election as Obama and his dreams from his father of a socialist utopia face off against Mitt Romeny and his ideas of free market capitalism and entrepreneurial spirit.

Well, THIS is what democracy looks like.

We recall this all began when Walker sought to curb union influences as deficits began to grow out of control across Badger Country.  America witnessed thousands of thugs overtaking the state capitol as Walker opponents gathered signatures to force the recall election.  We witnessed Democrats leaving the state to escape performance of the duties they were elected to perform. Cowards all.

Unions bused in customary thugs from anywhere and everywhere to "occupy" Madison.  With the lap dogs news media slobbering at the sure to come demise of Walker, it would appear the voters of Wisconsin were turned of by, not in to, the despicable antics of the union representatives and communists who made Madison a temporary home.  On Wisconsin!

With Walker winning by a greater margin than in 2010,  Badgers from Barry Alverez to Paul Ryan mus be thrilled.  Wisconsin voters spoke loudly, demanding fiscal sanity.  While many do appreciate the central tenants of unions, as Sarah Palin appropriately noted, the union leadership are not serving the members properly, operating as thugs wasting dues supporting progressive, socialist and communist candidates.  Palin summed up the win in pinpoint fashion in an interview on FOX News "On The Record" with Greta Van Susteren.



Wisconsin, land of the progressive, strongly sounded support for free market capitalism.  Bathing in arrogance over at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, I suspect it was like a tree falling in forest for the Obama campaign. 

Good, for it sure seems a much, much stronger thunderstorm is in forecast for November.

Doubting Thomas

America is awaiting word from The Supreme Court regarding the Affordable Care Act, otherwise know as Obamacare. The announcement is scheduled to be forthcoming in June.

Last week, President Obama launched what could not be mistaken as anything other than an attack on The Supreme Court and their validity, sparking outrage across the political spectrum and signaling odds of him being tipped off to the result. Of course, with the overwhelming stench of arrogance surrounding Obama, it is often hard to tell where he is at.

I think Obama was tipped off that the SCOTUS will be overturning the Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional, which, to use Obama phraseology, most historical scholars and Constitutional law professors find it to be. If so, Obama, who will have spent most all of his first two years working to get this passed while the economy of the country is in a downward spiral, did all this work on something unconstitutional, something given his background, he might have known.

For sure, Obama knew all about it. Obamacare is not about providing you and your Grandma health care, but rather gaining sizable control over your behavior. Familiar with Cass Sunstein are you? But voters will not appreciate Obama wasting time on this freedom snatching legislation governing against the will of the people, and therefore, ahead of the election Obama feels he must discredit the Supremes to blame them for taking way the "right" of health care from the people.

With the attack on the Supremes by Obama last week, it has begun.

My sources inform that Justice Thomas will write the opinion, and somehow the administration must agree. Seemingly on cue, out of nowhere, comes Obama surrogates to discredit Judge Thomas. Enter Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who emerged over the weekend to hammer his usual targets, Caucasians, Wall Street and America. However, Justice Thomas was included in this tirade, and the reason behind that is that he must singularly, outside of the court itself, be discredited since he will author the ruling.

These are the tactics of a community organizer, lessons learned well as a disciple of Saul Alinsky and his rules for radicals. Ridicule opponents, marginalize them and achieve your desired outcome by any means necessary, with morality a non issue.

You could say that it is sad our President has stooped to these levels, but you have not been paying attention. Obama has operated this way from the beginning, with two examples being uncalled for slap downs Of John McCain and Paul Ryan; behavior not becoming the President.

Attacks on the Supremes, and Judge Clarence Thomas, will continue, so be advised. Don't doubt me, or Judge Thomas, for that matter.

Hidden Costs

The Supreme Court is hearing the case of Obamacare this week, and everyone is trying to read the tea leaves. For me, and I am not a lawyer, there is no doubt the law is unconstitutional and I cannot imagine how the SCOTUS could see it any other way.

Beyond that, you recall that Nancy Pelosi and the gang, without reading the bill, were set to resort to deeming it passed if they could not pole vault over the fence against the will of the American people to get it done. The arrogance was beyond appalling.

Additionally, and perhaps most importantly, we were lied to about the costs. One may argue the costs were not known with any sort of accuracy, a problem in itself, but cost estimates were put forth as factual when everyone knew all along they were misrepresented and understated. One representative sounding the alarm was House Budget Chairman, Paul Ryan, (R:WI).

Ryan is the smartest guy in the room on these budgetary items, and he joined Larry Kudlow to inform the electorate once again about the extremely serious financial situation Uncle Sam find himself in, and how Obamacare will not help, but will ratchet debt up exponentially culminating in a crash of the system. Ryan describes it as the most forecast able crisis in history, and we are morally bound to take measurable steps to prohibit it from occurring. Kudlow issues his spot on take, and then Ryan weighs in. Take a listen:



No sane individual operates a budgetary balance sheet in this irresponsible manner, unless you are otherwise motivated to bring about significant economic harm to the prosperity of the United States.

The government running health care is socialized medicine, which gives government the key to the doorway of abandoning freedom for its citizenry. Ronald Reagan warned us about this 50 years ago.

One can only hope the Supreme Court puts our arrogant government of central planners in their place and keeps the power in hands of the people, as our Founding Fathers wanted.

Sea of Red

When George W. Bush had his approval rating hit news lows, this was breaking news over on CNN. Wolf Blitzer was beset with glee!

A recent CBS poll showed a record low number of Americans approve of the job President Obama is doing. The number is reported to be 41%. It is much worse than that, and rightfully so.

Unless there is exponential levels of voter fraud, which is possible with dead people voting, or our country has morphed into a collection of village idiots, there is no way Obama will win re-election.

I could go into the thousands of negative things Obama has done and continues to do, but by the time I would finish, the NCAA tournament would be over and we would be turning our attention to the NFL draft.

The economy is not getting better. Revenues may have stabilized or perhaps experienced a dead cat bounce off historic lows, but costs through regulation, inflation and taxation are rapidly increasing, and when coupled with $5 a gallon gas, revenue slowdown is imminent. Recent stock market highs are great for companies, like Coca Cola, of which I am a shareholder, who have international exposure and have access to low cost capital, but Aunt Mary and Uncle Bob are scared about retaining employment and have limited access to cheap capital.

Below is my prediction for the final electoral college tabulation. Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum or Foghorn Leghorn, it does not matter. This country does not appreciate top down government control being exercised on our citizens by elites who think they know better.


We will see how if shakes out, but America looks like a football Saturday in Nebraska, a Sea of Red.

Listening to the mainstream media forecast, or better stated cheer lead, Obama for his accomplishments most of the country is too absent to comprehend is a waste of time. Out here in the real world, those working the streets know better.

If Obama wins, freedoms you enjoy our ancestors fought and died for will quickly contract. The government, who knows best, will rule your decisions. If not, we have a chance.

That being said, 2016 will be the real battle. Assuming Obama loses, the decisions he made will bear down on America and whoever is Commander in Chief will have their hands full. Debt is debt, and it must be paid. There is no free lunch.

Even left wing pundits are contemplating this, as evidenced by a recent editorial in Investors Business Daily.

Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton lead the Progressive bench, but they are up in years. Andrew Cuomo is fooling a lot of folks in New York, but the reality is he is the Architect of Ruin and is in deep with and among those who crashed the housing market. Perhaps others among Martin O'Malley, Ed Rendell, Elizabeth Warren, Tim Kaine, Mark Warner, Cory Booker, Claire MaCaskill or maybe Howard Dean would try again. Anyhow, at this juncture, this looks bleak for the Democrats.

Provided we have a country left, either Romney or Santorum will likely be primaried. Although things will be improving, it will not seem like it. Who could be among those that could challenge? I suspect Marco Rubio will be VP, so his time will come later. That would leave a bench consisting of Paul Ryan, Rick Sanotrum (if he loses to Romney), Chris Christie, Sarah Palin, Scott Walker, Bobby Jindal and re-runs potentially by Michele Bachmann or Mike Huckabee.

Top down government control against free market capitalism. Let freedom ring!